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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in North Dakota.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Geography degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of North Dakota.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 3 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5600 | 69100 | 0.9194 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8500 | 36500 | 0.7681 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 9100 | 94500 | 0.9037 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9300 | 45100 | 0.7942 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9900 | 26100 | 0.6203 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10600 | 95800 | 0.8893 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11500 | 33600 | 0.6587 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | Worcester State University | 11600 | 34900 | 0.6671 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11700 | 39800 | 0.7059 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11800 | 18200 | 0.3515 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11900 | 19600 | 0.3953 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12200 | 20500 | 0.4048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 12300 | 24700 | 0.5005 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 12500 | 33800 | 0.6297 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 23 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 42900 | 0.7015 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12800 | 23500 | 0.4561 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 26 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 26 | Vassar College | 13200 | 93100 | 0.8583 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4888 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6391 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 30 | Aquinas College | 13900 | 86000 | 0.8383 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 32 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 22200 | 0.3476 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 31400 | 0.5311 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 35 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 35 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 28500 | 0.4839 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5679 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 35 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | Bridgewater State University | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6012 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 40 | University of North Alabama | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6006 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 40 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 15100 | 34200 | 0.5582 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 43 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30200 | 0.5006 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | Sonoma State University | 15300 | 26700 | 0.427 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 47 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15500 | 54400 | 0.7156 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 48 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15600 | 26000 | 0.3996 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 48 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 50 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 50 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 50 | Texas State University | 15700 | 26700 | 0.4114 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 50 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 54 | California State University-Chico | 15800 | 23500 | 0.3273 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 55 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3742 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 55 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3675 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16600 | 24700 | 0.3274 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 58 | Appalachian State University | 16700 | 26000 | 0.3578 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 58 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 60 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16800 | 22300 | 0.2464 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 61 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 61 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3412 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 61 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 49700 | 0.6581 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 61 | Indiana State University | 17000 | 32400 | 0.4755 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4198 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3375 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 67 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 67 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5209 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 69 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27100 | 0.3467 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 70 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 31400 | 0.4305 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3632 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 72 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 27400 | 0.3282 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 74 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 75 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 76 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 28100 | 0.327 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 77 | California State University-Fullerton | 19000 | 41600 | 0.5431 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 77 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 26900 | 0.2861 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 80 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 20000 | 39400 | 0.4928 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 81 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 81 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 83 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 85 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20700 | 35200 | 0.4116 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 85 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 87 | Emory & Henry University | 20800 | 52400 | 0.6024 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 88 | University of Mary Washington | 21000 | 47400 | 0.5564 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 21000 | 24300 | 0.1383 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 90 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21100 | 40600 | 0.4814 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 21300 | 83600 | 0.7452 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 92 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21600 | 41600 | 0.4808 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 93 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21900 | 36700 | 0.4036 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 94 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 52000 | 0.5766 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 95 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 96 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 97 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 98 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22800 | 34200 | 0.3336 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 98 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 100 | Saint Cloud State University | 23000 | 26300 | 0.1261 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 100 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 23000 | 42500 | 0.4588 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 100 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 85400 | 0.7294 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 105 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 34900 | 0.3242 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 106 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 107 | University of Northern Colorado | 25100 | 39100 | 0.3582 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 108 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 108 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 110 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 111 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 26000 | 28600 | 0.0897 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 112 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 113 | Indiana University-Southeast | 26200 | 29800 | 0.1197 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 114 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1815 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 115 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 116 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 117 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 118 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 119 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28200 | 33800 | 0.1655 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 34200 | 0.1256 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 122 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30600 | 33200 | 0.0773 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 123 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30700 | 75700 | 0.5941 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 123 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 125 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 126 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 127 | San Diego State University | 32200 | 37100 | 0.1322 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 128 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 130 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 131 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 131 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1847 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 134 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 134 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 136 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 137 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34800 | 59100 | 0.4109 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 35100 | 38200 | 0.0828 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 141 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 145 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 145 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 147 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 148 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 148 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 150 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 151 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 152 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 154 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | Rhode Island College | 42000 | 63300 | 0.3364 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 159 | George Mason University | 43500 | 61400 | 0.2917 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 160 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | James Madison University | 44100 | 45100 | 0.0222 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 162 | Montclair State University | 44400 | 47000 | 0.0554 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | University at Albany | 44400 | 48900 | 0.092 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 164 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 166 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 59900 | 0.1824 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83300 | 0.2882 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.